Doubling Posts is Okay, Blundering is Not
There are no rules against concurrently holding public and political party posts. But state affairs must be prioritized.
February 26, 2002
Those who criticize public officials of concurrently holding political party positions may have good intentions. The reason behind the criticism makes sense. This is to ensure that subordination of state interest to party interest is avoided and to prevent state affairs from being mixed up, or even subjected to, party issues. The public office holders are required to be capable of differentiating between state affairs, whose financing is ful
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